Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-25
The Texas Pacific Express Train
Robbed by Eight Masked Men.
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION At SPARE. cHAL.
FAINT 4 co.'s STEEL AND IRON WORKS.
Two Girls Carried Through a Sewer a
Quarter of a Mile in Length.
MRS. vANzANDT AND DAuGETEs
WILL RESIDE m PARIS.
The Senatorial Outlook in Indiana No
Better Than Last Week.
A NICE PRESENT Foa SECRETARY WHIT
ElYs NEW GIRL BABY.
ESPECIAL TO THE sRSTINEL.l
A Texas Pacific Train Robbed.

A Texas Pacific Train
FoRr WORTH, Tex, Jan. pat 3
O'Clock this morning as the east-bound
Texas Pacific Express was pulling out
of Gordan, a small station five miles
west of here, two masked men jumped
on the engine and covered the engi-
neer and fireman with their revolvers,
and the engineer was forced to pull
ahead until the train reached a high
trestle two miles east OF Gordan. AS
soon as the engine, baggage and mail
cars had passed the trestle the train
was stopped, leaving the passenger
| coaches on the trestle. At this point
the masked men were reinforced by
| six assistants. The robbers then
| went through the express car, taking
| all the money and valuables in the
| safe. The amount is estimated at
| from $1,000 to SIS, DOC, although the
Pacific Express officials refuse to state
the exact amount. The robbers then
| proceeded to the mail car, where they
| obtained % registered packages. The
passengers were not disturbed, and
their coaches being on the high trestle
they could not get out to assist the
train men. There is no clue to the
robbers.
a Destructive Elk lOsiOn.
PITTsBURG, Jan. PA battery OF
four steel boilers at Sparg, Chalfant &
Co.'s steel and iron works, at Htna
borough, six miles east of Allegheny
City, exploded with terrific force at
5 O'Clock this morning, completely
wrecking the bar mill department,
killing one man instantly, and two
others are MORALLY injured. The con-
cussion was SO great that it shook
houses for miles around, ~shatterine
the windows n the vicinity of the
mill. The ruin wrought in the mill by
the explosion was complete. The
building was laid low, and the machin'
cry broken and scattered in all direc-
tons. The damage will exceed $780,
600. The cause OF the explosion is
not vet known. There were very few
men at work at the time. The mil
was one of the largest in the city, ano
was the first one to 5 natural gas,
VIM. Carville was terribly scalded and
died about IL O'Clock this morning
Twelve persons were more or less in
ju.ed by steam and flying debris, but
none OF the others will die.
Two sisters Rescued from n sewer
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Jan. PA
sewer a quarter of a mile in length
running under this town, forms a par
of the bed OF Muddy Creek, which
during the thaws in Winter is swollen
into a rushing river of large volume:
which empties into the Niagara river
over a precipice near the Whirlpool
Rapids. This river was running Ii
miles an hour last evening, when
Bertha Farrell, aged A years, who was
seated on a handsled slid into it. Hel
sister Blanche, aged 10 years, jumped
in after her, and both were swept into
the sewer. A rush was made for the
other end of the sewer, and men, Sc.
cured by ropes, jumped into the water
and waited for the children to appear.
Bertha CAME first under water, and
Blanche followed on top. When taken
out both were apparently l~ifeless, but
after much difficulty they were resusci-
tated. The chilren were in the water
ten minutes, most of the the time sub
merged.
Poor Prospect for an Election.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-The Gen
eral Assembly met in joint convention
at noon and took one ballot, which re-
suited: Turpin, "a; Harrison, 20;
Allen, 5. All the members, with two
exceptions, were present and voted.
Worrail, Democrat. Representative. is
detained at home by sickness, and is
paired with O'Bricn, Republican. It
is not known how much longer the
friends of Allen will continue to cast
their votes for him, but it is consid-
cred certain that they will do SO for
several days yet, and the prospect for
N election is no better than it was
last week.
Lucy Heidelmeyer Poisoned.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-It is now GER
tain that Lucy Heidelmeyer was poi
soned. Professor Hames, of the Rush
Medical College, has completed a
chemical analysis OF her stomach.
He found traces OF arsenic in every
vital part.
Compliment to Davitt and wife.
New YORK, Jan. 24.-There was a
demonstration in Madison Square
Garden tonight in compliment to
Michael Davitt and his wife. Nearly